On 25/02/13 23:54, Frank Mertens wrote:
Just my 2 cents: Lack of autorotation can also be seen as a feature.
Supporting rotations everywhere can be very confusing, forcing the user
to hold the device in a certain angle towards gravity just to get the
expected layout. And btw. the photo app already supports autorotation
and
in this particular case it really makes sense.
yes, if the design goal is to not have rotation then that is fine, it
makes certain things simpler and it could be that phone apps are
portrait, but tablet and tv is landscape with portrait stuff in the
side shelf, if that is the rule then fine. Rotation is just something
that is going to be really hard to retrofit if it isn't designed in
from the beginning - all the apps won't be designed for it, won't
expect it and will break. If is is being designed out of the platform
(you can't rotate a TV easily) then this really should be stated and
sold as a feature.
What should happen to the side shelf on a portrait tablet?
Alan.
